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Associate-O-Matic



v4.3.0
Supports US, UK, CA, DE & FR
 
 
FAQ  (Frequently Answered Questions)
General Associate-O-Matic FAQ
General Internet FAQ
Associate-O-Matic FULL Version FAQ
Associate-O-Matic LITE Version FAQ

General Associate-O-Matic FAQ

1. What are the requirements of Associate-O-Matic?
2. How do I install Associate-O-Matic?
3. How do I upgrade Associate-O-Matic?
4. Do I lose my saved store settings when moving from the Trial version to the Lite or Full version?
5. Does Associate-O-Matic support the other country-specific Amazon sites?
6. What categories are available under each of the country-specific Amazon sites?
7. How do I find Browse Nodes (Amazon Category IDs)?
8. Is the source code open?
9. I can't save my Control Panel username/password? What do I do?
10. I can't save my Control Panel settings? What do I do?
11. I'm getting a message to enter an unlock key. What do I do?
12. How do I change my store login username and password?

13. Does Associate-O-Matic work with Google Adsense?
14. How do I install ionCube?

 



1. What are the requirements of Associate-O-Matic?
 
Amazon Associate ID

- Free to join

- Register at the appropriate locale:    Amazon.com (US)      Amazon.co.uk (UK)      Amazon.ca (CA)      Amazon.de (DE)      Amazon.fr (FR)
Amazon Access IDs   (see instructions here)
Domain Name   (we use GoDaddy, there are many others)
Web Host   (we use WestHost, there are many others)

- Operating System: Linux, Unix or Windows
- Web Server: Apache (or comparable)
- PHP 4 or PHP 5
Absolutely NO programming or database required

Web Hosting - Sponsor Site
WestHost

Domain Names - Sponsor Site
GoDaddy
   
2. How do I install Associate-O-Matic?
  Please read the Installation Instructions in our online documentation.
   
3. How do I upgrade Associate-O-Matic?
  Please read the Upgrade Instructions in our online documentations.
   
4. Do I lose my saved store settings when moving from the Trial version to the Lite or Full version?
 

No, you do not lose your saved settings. Once your 30-Day Trial expires and you move to either the Lite or Full version, your store settings remain intact so it is very easy to migrate your store to one or the other.

   
5. Does Associate-O-Matic Lite support the other country-specific Amazon sites?
 

We currently support the following locales...

Amazon.com  supported
Amazon.co.uk  supported (since v2.4)
Amazon.ca  supported (since v2.4)
Amazon.de  supported (since v3.0)
Amazon.fr  supported (since v3.0.5)
Amazon.jp  TBA

   
6. What categories are available under each of the country-specific Amazon sites?
 

As of Associate-O-Matic v4.3.0 the following Amazon categories are available.

Last updated: 2009-12-07

Amazon.com

Apparel Home & Garden Pet Supplies
Automotive Industrial & Science Photo & Camera
Baby Jewelry Software
Beauty E-Books (Kindle)  New Sporting Goods
Books Kitchen Tools & Hardware
Computers Magazines Toys
DVD MP3 Downloads  New Movie Downloads (Unbox)  New
Electronics Music VHS
Gourmet Food Musical Instruments PC & Video Games
Grocery Office Products Watches  New
Health & Personal Care Outdoor Living Wireless
Amazon.co.uk

Apparel  New Home & Garden Shoes  New
Automotive  New Jewellery  New Sports & Leisure
Baby  New Kitchen Tools
Beauty  New MP3 Downloads  New Toys
Books Music VHS
DVD Office Products  New Video Games
Electronics Outdoor Living Watches
Health & Personal Care Software  
Amazon.ca

Books Kitchen  New VHS
DVD Music PC & Video Games
Electronics  New Software  
Amazon.de

Apparel  New Health & Personal Care Photo & Camera
Automotive  New Home & Garden Software
Baby Jewelry  New Sporting Goods
Beauty  New Kitchen Tools & Hardware
Books Magazines Toys
Computers MP3 Downloads  New VHS
DVD Music Video Games
Electronics Office Products  New Watches
Foreign Books Outdoor Living  
Amazon.fr

Baby  New Health  New Shoes  New
Beauty  New Jewelry  New Software
Books Kitchen  New Toys
DVD MP3 Downloads  New VHS
Electronics Music Video Games
Foreign Books Office Products  New Jewelry & Watches  New
   
7. How do I find Browse Nodes (Amazon Category IDs)?
  Please see this post in the forum.
   
8. Is the source code open?
  No. However, we have made every effort to include features and controls that are important to the user community. In fact, many of Associate-O-Matic's features were suggested by the user community. If you have an idea for a feature you'd like to see added, tell us about it. It might become part of an upcoming release.
   
9. I can't save my Control Panel username/password? What do I do?
 

1. Make sure you have uploaded the shop.php, admin.php and aom.php files with the proper permissions and mode (BINARY).

2. Make sure you are using at least PHP v4.x as there are certain functions that require at least this version.

3. If all else fails, upload an empty file to your server (in the same location as admin.php) named "aom_debug.txt". The presence of this file will enable bug reporting which may help you troubleshoot the problem further.

4. If you still can't fix the problem, email us the errors you saw when you uploaded the aom_debug.txt file.

   
10. I can't save my Control Panel settings? What do I do?
 

1. Make sure you have uploaded the shop.php, admin.php and aom.php files with the proper permissions and mode (BINARY).

2. Make sure you are using at least PHP v4.x as there are certain functions that require at least this version.

3. If all else fails, upload an empty file to your server (in the same location as admin.php) named "aom_debug.txt". The presence of this file will enable bug reporting which may help you troubleshoot the problem further.

4. If you still can't fix the problem, email us the errors you saw when you uploaded the aom_debug.txt file.

   
11. I'm getting a message to enter an unlock key. What do I do?
 

There is no unlock key. This error is usually related to permissions needing to be tweaked.

Make sure the aom.php file is set to 777 (Unix) or Readable/Writable (Windows).

   
12. How do I change my store login username and password?
  To change or reset your store username and/or password you need to delete the /aom/cfg.login.php file on your server. Once deleted, go back into the AOM Control Panel (admin.php). It will ask you to re-setup the username and password.
 
   
13. Does Associate-O-Matic work with Google Adsense?
  Yes. You can use Google Adsense in your store pages. You can also use any other third-party code in your store from Google or anyone else.
 
   
14. How do I install ionCube?
  Please see our ionCube documentation page.
 
   
General Internet FAQ
1. How do I unzip a file (.ZIP)?
2. How do I upload (FTP) a file to my web host?



1. How do I unzip a file (.ZIP)?
  Click here for a tutorial on how to unzip a file using WinZip. These instructions apply generally to other unzip programs as well.
   
2. How do I upload (FTP) a file to my web host?
  Click here for a tutorial on how to upload (FTP) a file using SmartFTP. These instructions apply generally to other FTP programs as well.
   
Associate-O-Matic FULL Version FAQ
1. What are the differences between Associate-O-Matic and Associate-O-Matic Lite?
2. How much does a license cost?



1. What are the differences between Associate-O-Matic and Associate-O-Matic Lite?
  Check out our feature comparison chart for a quick list of what's similar and what's different.
   
2. How much does a license cost?
  We sell licenses on an annual subscription model. It's 99 USD for the first year. 20 USD ever year thereafter. During that year you have access to any and all updates/patches/releases regardless of the version. You can get more details by clicking here.
   
Associate-O-Matic LITE Version FAQ
1. What are the differences between Associate-O-Matic Lite and Associate-O-Matic?
2. How much does a license cost?
3. How does the affiliate traffic sharing of Associate-O-Matic Lite work?




1. What are the differences between Associate-O-Matic Lite and Associate-O-Matic?
  Check out our feature comparison chart for a quick list of what's similar and what's different.
   
2. How much does a license cost?
  This version is free.
   
3. How does the affiliate traffic sharing of Associate-O-Matic Lite work?
  With Associate-O-Matic Lite, you keep 90% of the affiliate traffic from your site. This means 9 out of 10 times, your Amazon Associate ID will be used with Buy buttons. The other 10% (1 out of 10 times) you share your affiliate traffic with Associate-O-Matic.

If a person adds 10 items to their cart with your ID and 1 item with our ID, the commissions get split out at line level so you get credit for the 10 items and we get credit for the 1.

 
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